BGC Group (BGC) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

John J. Abularrage, Co-Chief Executive Officer, was paid $11.1M in 2025. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 77:1, on median employee pay of $144,450.

Filed
October 8, 2026
Annual meeting
November 17, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$11.1M2025
CEO to median employee
77:1median $144,450
CEO pay in equity
13%$1.4M in awards
Abularrage bonus
$2,500,000Guaranteed bonus for 2025
Windeatt one-time allocation
$460,000Awarded under 2025 deed amendment
Aubin incentive bonus
$6,596,478Cash and RSUs
Windeatt incentive bonus
$6,573,812Cash and RSUs-LLP
Hauf accelerated vesting
$87,258Incremental RSU value

How Abularrage was paid

$11.1M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary7%Bonus23%Stock awards13%Non-equity incentive58%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
John J. AbularrageCo-Chief Executive Officer$11,066,057
JP AubinCo-Chief Executive Officer$8,410,743
Sean A. WindeattCo-Chief Executive Officer$8,036,938
Jason W. HaufChief Financial Officer$1,737,258
Stephen M. MerkelExecutive Vice President and General Counsel$3,000,000
Howard LutnickFormer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$2,668,422

What changed and why

  • $11.1M$11,066,057 was John Abularrage’s reported 2025 total compensation, including $1,416,057 in equity awards related to prior periods.
  • $8.4M$8,410,743 was JP Aubin’s reported 2025 total compensation, including $320,296 in all other compensation.
  • $8M$8,036,938 was Sean Windeatt’s reported 2025 total compensation, including a $460,000 one-time profit allocation.
  • $6.6M$6,596,478 was Aubin’s 2025 incentive-plan bonus, paid partly in cash and partly in RSUs.
  • $6.6M$6,573,812 was Windeatt’s 2025 incentive-plan bonus, paid partly in cash and partly in RSUs-LLP.
  • $144K$144,450 was the median employee’s annual total compensation, with individual co-CEO ratios of 77:1, 58:1 and 56:1.

Other BGC Group proxy statements

  • 2025 proxy statement

    Howard W. Lutnick paid $15M (-12% on the year), pay ratio 117:1.

    Filed Sep 30, 2025

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.